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The first temperance legislation appeared in 1838, in the form of a Massachusetts law prohibiting the sale of spirits in less than 15-gallon quantities
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Maine passed the first state prohibition law in 1846, and by the time the Civil War began, a number of other states had followed suit
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The Volstead Act (National Prohibition Act) banned all manufacturing, export, and import of all alcoholic beverages over the alcoholic limit of 0.5%, over President Woodrow Wilson's veto.
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Al Capone was a very infamous gang leader in who bootlegged alcoholic beverages. Al Capone had made a lot of money in the black market with the banned beverages. During the repeal of the 18th amendment Al Capone's empire dissapeared.
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The Dillon V. Gloss case was a Supreme Court ruling that cased Dillon guilty under the National Prohibition Act. He was arrested because he had illegal transportation of alcohol. He argued that the 18th amendment should be ratified at a later date.
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Signed by Roosevelt, modifying the 0.5% of the Volstead Act into a 3.2%.
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December, Utah became the 36th state to ratify the amendment
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Congress proposed the 21st amendment repealing the 18th amendment. To repeal the 18th amendment all together 3/4's of all the U.S states must agree on the repeal. The 18th amendment was then repealed on 12/5/33.
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It is unique among the 27 amendments of the U.S. Constitution for being the only one to have been ratified by state ratifying conventions.
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When the U.S took a vote on repealing the 18th amendment 45 out of the 48 states had voted for its repeal. The last state to eventually repeal the amendment was Mississippi in 1966.
